Hereby, God nullifies the Jewish false and futile conjectures by saying: ``Be on your guard, or guard yourselves against the Day of Doom, and the Day of Final Judgement!''

      This is to say: ``Don't think that My Especial Favours will exempt you from your personal responsibilities, or you can escape my punishment if you mischief or do wrong. The Jews were, and are, of opinion that they would be saved of God's chastisement through the intercession of their ancestors who were prophets or apostles, such as ABRAHAM, ISRAEL or ISAAQ.''

      They may also think that they can offer counterpoises or some sort of redeeming, in order to be delivered from sins and its due punishments, just as they could do so in this life with the aid of

BRIBERY! Qurän, plainly admonishes them not to rely on false and superstitous conjectures, and to fear the day of judgment in which no intercession shall be accepted, and no redeeming or counterpoise will be taken, and no one save God can help.

      To make it short; the judge in the Dooms Day is One who will accept nothing but pure faith and good deed.

      In this world, the sinners may resort to different means for rescue, such as paying ransom, or seeking help through intercessions, or giving bribes, or finally they may seek to indemnify or compensate losses. But QURÄN proclaims that the rules and regulations of judgment is of a different nature in the Resurrection Day, and means of salvation is pure belief, and the measure of judgment is our good or bad deeds, and resorting to God.

      In order to clear and clean themselves from their sins, the Jews used to resort to superstitious acts, or sacrificing some sheep, goat, or a couple of pigeons!

QURÄN, AND THE PROBLEM OF INTERCESSION

      Obviously God punishes not for vengeance, nor mere shortcoming. There are degrees in good and evil deeds. God's punishment is also a shade of His infinite Mercy, and some sort of a guarantee to stop miscarriage or non-fulfilment of the LAW and commandments' which may result in evolution and developement of MAN.

      So also the doors of return of the SINNER should not be entirely and sternly closed. They should have access to some chances, and means to amend and correct themselves and return to salvation.

      The intercession, in its most correct form is to look after such a balance, and be a means for urging the sinner to repent and return to God and piety; though some think that it may embolden the guilty to increase his making mischief. Some people take intercession as a sort of partnership to intercede for a wrong doer with a king or a tyrant ruler!

 

INTERCESSION HAS ITS OWN CONDITIONS

      The intercession made known by the HOLY QURÄN is not without formal conditions. There are degrees in good and bad deeds; the interceders or intercessors, are in different rank and classes. For example the sin, such as oppressions are out of the order and realm of intercession, and Qurän says that: ``Oppressors have no intercessors.'' The following verse which is revealed to this effect may put light upon some dark shades of intercession:

``They (intercessors) speak not before HE speaks, and they act by God's command - and they offer no intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in awe and reverence of HIS GLORY!''

QURÄN - S 21: 28

      That is to say: The apostles, saints, or truthful servants, of God who are in a position to intercede for some one; will never say anything before they receive God's order to say it. Those servants who intercede have conformed themselves to the will of God, and for intercession they first win the approval of their Lord.

      Therefore, the interceded for; should have some spiritual connection with their intercessor, and this might be a factor of construction and development for the sinner.